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Jayyant Mehta

 With a solid 24-year background in Talent Acquisition, my strengths lie in Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership, and Mentorship. I am adept in implementing cost-effective hiring practices, excelling in leadership roles, crafting recruitment strategies and marketing, and improving the overall Candidate Experience. My commitment is to achieve outstanding outcomes and propel organizational growth through well-devised talent acquisition strategies. My professional journey spans various sectors, including BFSI, Payments, Telecom, Manufacturing, Travel, Digital Security, and Digital Media. 

Key Skills

Stakeholder Management
Team Management and Mentoring
Cost Effective Hiring
Leadership Hiring
Recruitment strategy and Marketing
Candidate Experience
Global Talent Acquisition

Professional Experience

Jan 2024
Present
Head - Recruitment Delivery (Freelance)
Eresource Info Solutions Pune, IN
 
  • Heading the Global recruitment delivery. 
  • Managed end-to-end recruitment process for multiple clients, including stakeholder management and relationship building
  • Oversaw a team of recruiters, providing guidance, coaching, and mentoring to ensure delivery of high-quality candidates
  • New client acquisitions
  • Recruitment automation


Nov 2021
Jan 2024
Dy General Manager - Talent Acquisition
Hexaware Technologies Pune, IN
  • Successfully managed end-to-end recruitment processes for multiple business units at Hexaware Technologies, ensuring timely and quality hires.
  • Played a key role in stakeholder management by collaborating with hiring managers, business leaders, and HR teams to understand hiring needs and align recruitment strategies accordingly.
  • Led a team of talent acquisition professionals, providing mentorship and guidance to ensure team members were equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.
  • Implemented cost-effective hiring strategies to optimize recruitment budgets while maximizing the quality of hires, resulting in significant cost savings for the organization.
  • Focused on leadership hiring by identifying and attracting top talent for senior-level roles, contributing to the overall growth and success of the company.
  • Developed recruitment strategies and marketing campaigns to enhance employer branding and attract top talent, leading to an improved candidate experience and a higher retention rate.
Apr 2020
Nov 2021
Principal Talent Scout
Eresource Info Solutions Pune, IN
  • Lead a team of Talent Acquisition specialists to achieve recruitment targets and deliver high-quality candidates to clients
  • Managed stakeholder relationships with hiring managers and department heads to understand their hiring needs and align recruitment strategies accordingly
  • Mentored and coached junior team members to hone their skills in sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates
  • Implemented cost-effective hiring practices by leveraging technology and social media platforms to attract top talent without compromising on quality
  • Designed and executed leadership hiring programs to attract and retain top executives in leadership roles
  • Developed recruitment strategies and marketing campaigns to enhance the employer brand and create a positive candidate experience
Mar 2019
Apr 2020
Director – Talent Acquisition
Zen & Art India Pune, IN
  • E2E talent acquisition for various investment banks and Infrastructure giants
  • Recruitment Life-cycle: Planning, Organizing, Coordinating and Execution
  • Leadership Hiring and internal hiring for Product teams 
  • Managing multi location teams for all the recruiting efforts 
  • Plan and execute recruitment drives for internal and client hiring needs 
  • Employer branding and brand creation 
  • Employee Background screening, Vendor Identification & Relationship Management. Managed external agency relationships to maintain candidate flow and control costs Recruitment process formulation, research and implement new tools for improving the quality of the recruitment process 
  • Focused on Candidate experience, to ensure on boarding Negotiate and release offers of employment including salaries, joining bonuses and notice buyouts. Up scaled the low offer to joining ratio of 60 % to 75 % 
Nov 2017
Mar 2019
Talent Scout (US Staffing)
Freelance Pune, IN
  • Focusing Leadership hiring for Banks and FIN Captives Offshore / Onshore. 
  • Sourcing through social media and Job boards (LinkedIn, Dice, Twitter, Technology meetups) 
  • Bench Sales
Sep 2015
Sep 2017
Head – Talent Acquisition
Eternus Solutions Pvt. Ltd Pune, IN
  • Recruitment planning and budgeting. 
  • Specialized hiring initiatives in niche skills like Salesforce, AngularJS and leadership positions. Work towards effective source mix (job boards, employee referrals, web advertisement etc.) to bring control on recruitment budget. 
  • Partnering with hiring managers to determine and establish monthly hiring targets and achieving as per SLA's. 
  • Up scaled the low offer to joining ratio of 26 % to 60 % 
  • Revamping and executing the Rewards and Recognition and Employee referral programs. 
  • Effective in building positive relationships with stakeholders at all levels within the company and providing the highest level of service to meet the strategic needs of the organization, demonstrated ability to work independently and cooperatively to meet hiring deadlines 
  • Consolidation of resource trackers and MIS across practices for better resource transitions based on skill matrix. 
  • Recruitment Automation initiatives 
  • Demand and supply integration with Sales and Delivery teams for improved resource hiring. Integrate Recruitment, Technical training for Just-in-Time Fulfillment.
Apr 2013
Sep 2015
Manager Talent Acquisition
Sela Technology Solutions (India) Pvt Ltd Pune, IN
  • Strategy and execution of recruitment activities, interface with the offshore / onsite stakeholders, work allocation of the team, track metrics to evaluate the performance and deliverable.
  • Responsible for lateral, campus and off campus hiring.
  • Responsible to provide weekly updates to the senior management across different metrics related to requirement tracking, status updates on critical roles, capacity and run rate, closures, offer to joiner status, new ramp up discussion and strategize plan of action for forthcoming projects.
  • Interviewing and assessing prospective candidates 
  • Generating and analyzing various reports for stakeholders on a timely basis 
  • Planning & imparting training sessions and extending timely guidance to the team.
  • Team collaboration and mentoring.
  • Revamped the entire employee referral program to promote referrals amongst employees.
  • Initiated the automation of the recruitment process to optimize the hiring timelines and the efficiency of a recruiter.

Dec 2011
Jan 2013
Manager Talent Acquisition
ElectraCard Services Pvt Ltd. (MasterCard) Pune, IN
  • Interfacing and a single point of contact for the Product Heads/Delivery Managers   in order to seek inputs regarding the current and upcoming mandates and strategize the hiring plans. 
  • Complete ownership for lateral and strategic hiring for Indian operations. 
  • Proactively Planned, Implemented and managed the Internal Job Postings to strengthen and drive Career Succession Planning for existing workforce. 
  • Adhered to successful deliverable & closing the positions before the deadlines. 
  • Vendor Management and periodic evaluation of staffing partners.
Reason for Leaving - Layoffs
Jul 2011
Jan 2012
Recruitment manager
Tavisca Solutions Pvt. Ltd Pune, IN
  • Responsible for all the hiring initiatives like lateral hiring and campus. 
  • Setting up basic recruitment processes, guidelines and policies. 
  • Hiring fresh and cream talent from various campuses across Maharashtra. 
  • Liasoning with various Training Placement offices of Top Engineering colleges for campus hiring. 
Reason for Leaving - Hiring Freezed 
Feb 2008
Aug 2011
Manager Recruitment
Synechron Technologies Pvt Ltd Pune, IN
  • Responsible for all pro-active and re-active recruiting efforts to ensure compliance with company norms for different business verticals.
  • Working closely with the Account Managers across the organization and supporting them strongly in fulfilling requirements with adequate resources within short time-frame.
  • Planning and executing the recruitment calendar based on the inputs from COEs and Resource management team for a healthy resource pool.
  • Planning and execution of recruitment drives pan India.
  • Focused on improving the proposal: selection: offer: joining ratio.
  • Active participation in branding activities and planning the print media calendar in respect to the recruitment activities across India.
  • Reworking on the talent acquisition processes i: e setting up protocols for recruiters, channelizing new and effective rewards for employee referrals, Relocation policy.
  • Responsible to resolve concerns and queries of candidates offered by Synechron talent acquisition team, to ensure smooth onboarding. 

Nov 2006
Feb 2008
Sr. Exe Recruitment
Fujitsu Consulting India Ltd Pune, IN
 Details to be provided on request.

Jul 2004
Nov 2006
Asst Mgr Recruitment
Growel Softech Pvt. Ltd. Pune, IN
Details to be provided on request.
Aug 2000
Jul 2004
Asst Mgr Recruitment
Manjari Information Technology Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, IN
Details to be provided on request.

Education

Mar 1992
Oct 1998
Bachelor of Commerce in Byk college of commerce
University of Pune

Achievements

Building up Startups
  • Scaled up Quarterly offers to 600 plus  in a short span of time.
  • Successfully ramped employee hiring  in toughest of the hiring environments.
  • Focused on finding out innovating ways to increase the offer to joining ratios.
  • Setting up branding initiatives for high recruitment delivery of resources.

Quote

Miles to go before i sleep

Hobbies & Interests

  • Travelling
  • Reading Books
  • Motorcycle Touring

Languages

English
(Fluent)
Hindi
(Native)
Punjabi
(Fluent)
Marathi
(Fluent)

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